The hybrid-icing experiment was undertaken to cut down on serious injuries like the potentially career-ending one Carolina defenseman Joni Pitkanen suffered in April. But despite being intended to keep the players safer, the experiment isn’t being met with overwhelming enthusiasm.

Gormley notes that Chimera isn’t alone in his opinion among teammates, many of whom think the rule will be voted down by the NHLPA following the preseason and, thus, not implemented for the regular season.

People hate when officials have to make a judgement call, but they already are on icing. How many times do you see the offensive player reach around the defensive player and appear to touch the puck first, but the official is either screened or out of position and blows it dead. I’d hope they could get the judgement of which player is ahead of the other to the dot right more often then that at least.

And how often does it have to happen before they fix it? Why don’t you do your research before saying it rarely happens? Two players suffered broken femurs last season. Countless more minor injuries and dangerously close calls. You can provide data for say the past 10 years. Thanks.

Yes but you have judgment calls in almost every sport, does it really matter if its that close. Put replay into it, because hybrid icing is going to already give you more play clock with the seconds they will save from watching two trains going full force into the boards and hoping to God nothing serious happens. This is a smart rule, cuts down on time and will help players adjust to international rules when it comes to the olympics with their automatic icing.